Jae is a real estate photographer. The amount he earns in one week is a linear function of the number of houses he photographs. If he photographs 3 houses, he earns $390, and if he photographs 5 houses, he earns $620. a. Create a linear model for Jae's earnings (y) (in dollars) as a function of the number of houses he photographs (x) and put the model in slope-intercept form.

So the first thing we do is to multiply the top equation by 3. the reason i want to do this is i notice there will be a 6y on both equations and can possibly add/subtract them. so we get 6y = -3x + 27. adding that and the second equation we get 6x = 27-15 which is 12. divide by 6 and we get 2. ∴ x = 2. substituting 2 into the first equation we get 2y = -2 + 9 which is 7. divide by 2 and we get 7/2. ∴ y = 7/2, x = 2.